PACIFIC EXPRESS - Black Fire LP Minimal Wave This Heat and Mark Perry

This Heat and Mark Perry

from the baroque pop of “Forest of Kates” to the icy post-punk of “I Held the Ring

replete with power pop hooks

watching lots of David Lynch

still actively performing with bassist Douglas McCombs(Tortoise

PACIFIC EXPRESS - Black Fire LP Minimal Wave This Heat and Mark PerryThis album is hard evidence of that 1976 musical moment in which Pacific Express forged an entirely new South African sound and musical identity out of what was Cape Town Jazz, Latin, R&B, soul, pop and fusion. From the political heat of 1976 come the militant, upbeat and irresistible funk tracks Black Fire and Brother where singer Zayn Adam calls out for hope and optimism in spite of present difficulties. The pace moves down a gear for heart felt